406, Lot: 835. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus I Comnenus. 1183-1185. AV Hyperpyron (29mm, 4.36 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) enthroned facing, holding facing bust of the Holy Infant / Andronicus standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, being crowned by Christ, holding Gospels. DOC 1; SB 1983. Good VF, some doubling.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased from Glenn Woods, 2007.